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underworld. In the myths, Hercules
once borrowed Cerberus as the final
part of his labors, and in one other
instance, Orpheus soothed it to sleep
with his music. Other than these two
instances, he never allowed anyone
to pass by him and remained forever
its mane. Cerberus was a monster faithful to his duty under Hades.
born under the mother of monsters
Echidna and Typhon. Under Hades, Tartarus
Cerberus was given the task to Tartarus is one section of the
guard the gates that served as the underworld which is the closest to
entrance to the underworld. He what we know as hell. It is a deep
prevented the dead from leaving the abyss that is used as a dungeon of